In anticipation of the release of’Mank’on December 4, this week Collider will be presentingoriginal essays and featuresdiving into the work of David Fincher. There’s a lot we forget aboutHouse of Cards, one of the most seismic series to premiere in the 21st century. It wasn’t the first TV show made exclusively for a streaming service. It wasn’t even technically the first Netflix original series. But it was the first to rack up Emmy nominations....

In February onThe Collider Podcast, we spoke to authorMark Harrisabout his new bookMike Nichols: A Life. During our conversation, we talked about how the book detailed Nichols’ approach to working with actors and getting the best performance out of them for the piece, and Harris made a fascinating point that has stuck with me these past months. We talked about how over this Oscar season,Ma Rainey’s Black Bottomhas been repeatedly acclaimed for its terrific performances across its entire cast, and yet at no point has the film’s director,George C....

Christmas Day will be special this year asNetflix is gifting football fans a double-header of games.For those who are there for entertainment, Netflix has brought in one of the world’s biggest superstars to perform at halftime! It may not be the Super Bowl, but the hype aroundBeyoncésure is making it feel that way! With two marquee games,Netflix is about to potentially change the course of the NFL for Christmases to come....

Imagine casually carrying out your day-to-day affairs and all of a sudden there aren’t any other men out there except for you? Yorick Brown experiences this firsthand after a mysterious plague eliminates all the male species from the face of the Earth inY: The Last Man, a comic book series created byBrian K. VaughanandPia Guerra. The Vertigo Comics installment has harbored fans’ attention since it first came out in 2002, but only years later the story was transferred from comic strips to live-action sequences that tackle female empowerment, gender identity, and race....

WhenMarvel’s Inhumanswas filming earlier this year in Hawaii, I was able to visit the set with a few other reporters, where we watched filming and talked to most of the cast and filmmakers. I learned a lot about the upcoming show and over the next month, I’ll be posting a lot of cool content revealing how the show came together and what fans can look forward to. If you’re not familiar with the series, based on the Marvel comic, it’s doing something incredibly cool and unusual....

Jamie FoxxandLeonardo DiCaprioare two of the greatest actors of their generations, and more than 10 years ago they teamed up with an iconic director for one of the best westerns of the last 20 years. Foxx and DiCaprio star alongsideChristopher WaltzandKerry WashingtoninDjango Unchained, which has jumped into the top 10 on Paramount+, currently sitting in the #7 spot behindTom Cruise’sTop Gun: Maverickand ahead ofJohn Krasinski’sIF.Django Unchainedfollows a freed slave who sets out with a German bounty hunter to rescue his wife from a plantation in Mississippi....

Hot offPeacemaker’s wild success and its recent Season 2 renewal, actorJohn Cenais deepening his relationship with Warner Bros. According toDeadline, Cena will star in aLooney Tuneslive-action, animated hybrid filmCoyote vs. Acme. The film will be directed byDave Greenfrom a screenplay bySamy Burch. The story is set in the popularLooney Tunesuniverse, and it is based onThe New Yorkerhumor article “Coyote vs. Acme” byIan Frazier. The film’s story is as followed: Wile E....

Today, IMAX and Universal unveiled a new poster for the upcoming release ofJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. The IMAX exclusive poster sets the stage for the park which is in peril and features “Rexy”, one of the oldest dinosaurs to live in Jurassic Park, pulling a helicopter out of the sky… and possibly a human-sized snack right along with it. Starting June 22nd, audiences will feel every roar when they experienceJurassic World: Fallen Kingdomin IMAX, the most immersive way to return to Isla Nublar....

Yesterday morning, we got the newJustice Leaguetrailer, and now a trailer from the UK has found its way online, which contains a few snippets of new footage. Interestingly, while the overall shape of the movie remains—Superman (Henry Cavill) is gone so it’s up to Batman (Ben Affleck) and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) to team up with Aquaman (Jason Momoa), The Flash (Ezra Miller), and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) to defeat a new threat—these new trailers haven’t really tried to push any new plot points....

The arrival of Fall means a lot of things to a lot of people, but first and foremost it officially means it’s time to stay the hell inside. (Well, that was already going on this year, but you know.) The chillier the weather, the more you’re gonna' need those streaming services to start uploading new titles, and Disney+ just announced what to expect for its Fall 2020 slate. Baby Yoda fans rejoice,The Mandalorianseason 2 is on there, as is (surprisingly!...

As 2020 has arrived, we’re now looking towards the full calendar year ahead—and the many exciting movies heading our way. To that end, USA Today has unveiled a bevy of new images from upcoming films both big and small, including new looks at films fromChristopher Nolan,Patty Jenkins,Cary Joji Fukunaga, and more. Below we’ve assembled new images from a few of the biggest films. Here’s a brief rundown of each: A Quiet Place: Part II– This horror sequel picks up directly where the smash hit left off, withJohn Krasinskireturning to write and direct andEmily Blunt,Noah Jupe, andMillicent Simmondsback in front of the camera....

Our Flag Means Death, the upcoming pirate comedy series featuringTaika Waititiand starringRhys Darby, has just added several new actors to the cast. Joining Waititi and Darby will beKristian Nairn, known as Hodor fromGame of Thrones, who will be playing the character of “Wee John Feeney.” Also added to the cast areNathan Foad(Bloods) as “Lucius,”Samson Kayo(Death to 2020) as “Oluwanda,”Rory Kinnear(PennyDreadful) as both “Captain Nigel Badminton” and “Chauncey Badminton,”Con O’Neill(Chernobyl) as “Izzy,” andVico Ortiz(American Horror Story: 1984) as “Bonifacia....

Hulu’sPEN15is back with the first part of a Season 2 packed with more cringe moments, more emotional nuance, and increasingly better performances from series co-creators and starsMaya ErskineandAnna Konkle. What began as a show interested in revisiting the growing pains of life while on the cusp of puberty — and steeped in early ’00s pop culture, making it extremely appealing and relevant to older Millennial viewers — is now a show focused on exploring the emotional stakes of the narrative groundwork laid down in Season 1....